Remote Director of Metro Ethernet Engineering

Lumen; Santa Fe (NM); Remote; USD 152,000 - 203,000; Full time

Job summary

Lumen seeks a Director of Metro Ethernet Engineering to lead a team responsible for Metro Ethernet platforms, certification, and deployment readiness. You will translate architecture into deployable standards, drive roadmap initiatives, and manage vendor partnerships to deliver reliable, scalable services.

Ideally you bring 10+ years in telecom engineering, 5+ years in leadership, and strong program management. This is a remote U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Telecommunications, CS, or related field.
• 10+ years in telecommunications or network engineering with Ethernet/IP/MPLS focus.
• 5+ years leading engineering teams or programs with talent development.
• Experience from architecture to production deployment, including certification and planning.
• Strong program management and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high-performing Metro Ethernet engineering team overseeing network technologies, readiness, and lifecycle execution.
• Provide technical leadership across Metro Ethernet, Packet Optical networks, MetRON, colorless networking, and related platforms.
• Direct certification, interoperability testing, and production readiness for hardware, software, and optics.
• Drive engineering execution of Metro Ethernet roadmap initiatives and next-gen access capabilities.
• Translate architecture strategy into work packages, plans, and repeatable deployment practices.
• Coordinate with Architecture, Product, Planning, Operations, Systems Development, Testing, Service Delivery, and vendors.
• Act as engineering escalation lead for complex production issues and deployment challenges.
• Foster trust, clear communication, talent development, and transformation across teams.

Skills

Telecom/network engineering

Leadership of engineering teams

Program management

Vendor management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/related

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Lumen seeks a Director of Metro Ethernet Engineering to lead a team responsible for Metro Ethernet platforms, certification, and deployment readiness. You will translate architecture into deployable standards, drive roadmap initiatives, and manage vendor partnerships to deliver reliable, scalable services.

Ideally you bring 10+ years in telecom engineering, 5+ years in leadership, and strong program management. This is a remote U.S.